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Breast Screening Education

Do you or someone you care for have a Learning Disability and/or Autism?

Carers' Rights Day

Carers' Rights Day 21 November 2024 Please visit our Carers page by using the Search bar if you need any further information

Amber Cold Health Alert

The Met Office and UK Health Security Agency are have issued an amber cold-health alert for the East of England until 6pm on Saturday 23 November.

NEW Carers Newsletter!

A central point of contact for support for unpaid carers 0300 303 9988 Phonelines are open Monday to Friday 8am-7pm Saturday 9am-12pm E: provide.essexwellbeing@nhs.net or https://essexwellbeingservice.co.uk/support/carers/

NEW Carers Information

Managing malnutrition: advice for carers

Get the NHS APP!!

Patients can access NHS services through the free NHS App 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Access is quick and secure and allows you to be able to order repeat prescriptions, view your health record and more. Please follow the below link for more information https://www.nhsapp.service.nhs.uk

Phone Lines are working

8.40am Phone lines are open 8.15am Monday 11 November 2024 - Our Phone Lines are down. Please use Contact Us Online - on our Home Page of the website to submit an online consultation. Please call NHS 111 for advice and call 999 in an Emergency. We are working with our Telephone Provider to resolve the situation as quickly as possible. We apologise for any inconvenience.

Prevent Falls this Winter

Falling as we get older is quite common. Did you know that one third of adults aged 65+ and half of people aged 80+ will have at least one fall a year?

Al-Anon Family Essex groups

Are you troubled by someone’s drinking? This is the question asked by Al-Anon, along with the invitation to get support from one of their Family Groups, if the answer is affirmative. It is estimated that at least five other people are affected by every one person’s alcoholism. I was very kindly invited to attend one of the Al-Anon Family Essex groups earlier this year and was unsure what to expect. What I found was a wide-ranging group of people in respect of age, gender and background, all of whom had come together because someone significant in their lives has an unhealthy relationship with alcohol. This could be a parent, sibling, child, friend or colleague.

Bronchiolitis

Bronchiolitis is a viral infection that affects the small airways in the lungs, primarily in children under the age of two. It is mostly caused by the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) but can also be caused by other viruses such as rhinovirus and influenza (flu). To protect newborns from RSV, it is important for pregnant women and birthing people to receive the RSV vaccine at 28 weeks, which helps shield babies during the first six months of life.